articles that do not fall within our usual remit.
In the 17th century there were few female artists and most of them painted ‘female’ subjects like still lives. Not that they all desperately wanted to paint still lives, but they often had no other choice. Proper training which included studying the human body was out of the question.
On 19th February 2022 a new performance by choreographer Samir Calixto will have its premiere at the Schouwburg De Lawei in Drachten, The Netherlands. DIDO ÆNEAS US & ALL is the first production of Matter Affects, an initiative by Samir Calixto and Stacz Wilhelm, former artistic director of the dance production house Korzo in The…
Mobility experts, Melissa and Chris Bruntlett, moved with their family to Delft just three years ago from Vancouver, Canada. A life-long love of cycling and bike culture inspired a trip to Rotterdam in 2016 and they never looked back. I spoke with Melissa in Delft about their second recently published book on the topic of…
This year marks the first-ever CloverMill artist residency. Maltese artist Gabriel Buttigieg and Russian artist Julia Kiryanova were both selected by independent Irish artist Jennifer Smith to spend two weeks at CloverMill to work on their art in a tranquil, remote setting. CloverMill is an old water windmill, situated in Giessenburg about 15kms east of Dordrecht
Data is part of our everyday lives. Indeed, its presence is so ubiquitous that those in the know now speak of datafication. This refers to the transformation of every aspect of our lives into data points that will be processed to make predictions about our lives and behaviour. The Orwellian nature of such processes is…
From Winterswijk to Domburg – free walking routes.
If you only know Mondrian from his signature coloured squares and rectangles paintings you may be in for a surprise. He started off painting fairly typical impressionist landscapes. This new website offers you the chance to gain a deeper insight into the artist’s work by following in his footsteps
Salvador Dalí (1904-1989) was more than a genius artist: even as a person he was a “special portrait”. Dalí’s imagination knew no bounds; his life was one big, often provocative act. He liked to be in the spotlight and sought the attention of the masses. He cultivated his looks, starred in magazines, performed on talk shows and was in the news frequently. In addition, he regularly appeared in self-designed advertisements and commercials.
Tucked away in a small street in the centre of The Hague’s old town, you might notice a wine shop, watched over by the imposing form of a large Persian cat. The owner, Ofran Badakhshani, is of Persian descent who moved to the Netherlands from Afghanistan over twenty years ago. Describing himself as a wine…
